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A photograph outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with maroon borders and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him, a golden base holds a garland of white, green, orange, red and purple flowers and fabric. Behind him, other people in orange robes and a man in white stand on teal mats near a white-covered seat. The appearance matches a person with several cues, but the identification is uncertain, so this is a probable depiction of a person in person at the Aadhi Peetha Deepavali celebration.

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October 21 20062006-10-21A man with long, loose, wavy dark hair stands outdoors under a large banyan tree with many aerial roots, his palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest height. He wears an orange saffron wrap with red-bordered edges over his shoulders and a strand of rudraksha beads hanging on his chest, and has a red kumkum bindi on his forehead. Behind him, figures in orange and white clothing stand on a dirt ground, and a white cloth-covered seat and a patterned mat are visible at the left edge. Swamiji (probable) is shown as the central figure with the long hair, saffron wrap and rudraksha mala cues, offering a devotional greeting.2006-10-21March 02 20112011-03-02February 26 20132013-02-26A barefoot man with long, swept-back black hair stands with palms pressed together in namaste at chest height and eyes lowered, on a dark stone platform before a small red and cream patterned mat. He wears a rust-orange unstitched wrap with yellow borders, a thick brown-red beaded waist band, layered rudraksha mala necklaces with a silver pendant, and red-brown beaded armbands. A white and red forehead marking is visible. Behind him are a tree with hanging aerial roots, a pale green container and a paved path. The man appears to be a person, shown here as a sannyasi in standing prayer posture during a satsang setting.2013-01-25January 25 20132013-01-25May 14 20132013-05-14April 01 20132013-04-01 +2 copiesDecember 22 20112011-12-22A man stands barefoot on a pink and white patterned mat in front of a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, with a low whitewashed wall behind him. He wears a rust-orange unstitched wrap with gold-bordered edges, a matching orange shawl, and multiple strands of rudraksha-style beads across his chest with a large silver pendant. He has a silver bracelet-style arm band and beaded bangles on his wrists, and a sandalwood-coloured tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a gesture of greeting or reverence. The page indicates this is Swamiji, and the appearance shows long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, ornate arm and wrist adornments and orange clothing, so the appearance-based identification is probable.2013-01-21May 09 20132013-05-09A photograph of a barefoot person standing beside a large banyan tree, leaning forward with forehead and cheek pressed against its trunk and eyes closed. The person wears a sleeveless rust-orange wrap with broad gold borders, an orange beaded mala necklace, a gold bracelet and a small gold earring, with long dark hair swept back. A small red and white mat lies on the ground at the base of the tree. Sunlit foliage forms a soft background. The posture suggests prayer or quiet reverence. The person's bare-shoulder, long-hair and orange-robe appearance is consistent with the appearance-based Swamiji (probable) cues, while the orange mala and gold-bordered wrap are distinctive; the identity is an appearance-based judgment only.2013-05-09 +1 copies